Can VPS messages be sent without a signature?

Yes. However, VPS messages must have a qualified electronic signature according to the type of the message and the user’s role.

In the event that a due date in a DEHSt administrative procedure expires for which a qualified electronic signature (QES) is required, but the VPS user does not yet have a signature card with a QES, the data can be sent in a VPS message using the message type ‘Informal message’.

A message type ‘Forwarded messages’ can also be changed to an ‘Informal message’.

Upon receipt of an unsigned message, DEHSt sends a VPS message with a request to send the transmission protocol of the unsigned message in a message using a valid electronic signature (Answer No. 031).